She served as chief editor for various newspapers, including The Apache Sentinel, the Tulsa Oklahoma Eagle, and the Oklahoma City Black Dispatch. Gorham officially embraced the Bahá’í Faith in 1954 and in subsequent decades she played pivotal roles in founding the Public Information Office of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and representing the Bahá’í community at a significant conference. Her academic journey led her to Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University (FAMU), where she established the Department of Journalism and Mass Media. She also founded the Bahá’í community in Tallahassee and was honored posthumously in a number of ways. [Bahaipedia]

See African American Bahá’í Newspaper Publishers and Editors: Thelma Thurston Gorham for a talk at the Corinne True Center for Bahá’í History by Steven Kolins.